-- france and germany -- are split right now on how to move forward on europe's debt crisis. >> german chancellor angela merkel is demanding an eu commissioner be given sweeping authority to veto national budgets if they violate eurozone rules. >> french president francois hollande says that issue is not even on the agenda and that the priority now was to get moving on a european bank. >> going into the summit, the french president and german chancellor did not appear to be on the same page when it comes to the timetable for change. >> at our summit in june, we undertook to introduce bank oversight measures by the end of the year. it is now october, so we have to start implementing that decision now so that a bank supervision system is up and running by year's end.

>> this will not be a meeting with final decisions are made. we will be preparing the way for our decision in december, but we have to make sure our preparations are right. >> the leaders buried their differences for the cameras at least. it is thought merkel and hollande also discussed the idea floated by germany of a super commissioner who could take control of budgetary policy if necessary. when it comes to reforming the eu, there are as many opinions as there are members states. >> we need to discuss the next steps. sometimes side by side, sometimes towards each other. >> for merkel and hollande, the summit is an opportunity to canvass support and identify allies for the december summit when the eu must finally decide. >> our correspondent is at the

summit and joins us now from brussels. just how big are the differences right now between germany and france? are they really that significant? or are they being played out? >> it is not unusual for positions to be fairly extreme lethal -- fairly extremely far. you have some leeway during negotiations and the media focus very much on this german franco axis because it used to be -- traditionally, it has always been the engine -- the motor that has been keeping the european union going, and usually, the french and german chancellor and president would meet in the run-up to summits. they only did that today as a sort of last-minute meeting that happened before the summit, so relationships between angela merkel and francois hollande are clearly tense, but they also agree on a lot of things despite

all the difference is that we hear about. they both want banking union. in fact, they agreed to that at the summit in june, so there's no doubt about that. >> this desire for agreement you are talking about -- will it lead to anything concrete? is anything going to come out of this summit? >> there's a lot of areas european leaders will have to discuss. angela merkel has said quite clearly nothing will be decided. you could say this is sort of a routine summit where european leaders are sitting down, discussing proposals and the future of the european union to prepare decisions to be made in december at the next summit, and that is what is likely to happen. there's plenty of things on the table, and we will see what comes up in the end. >> nina, thanks so much. >> politicians in brussels are sure to be feeling the heat from the street with a general

strike by increased today bring in more than 1 million people out against the very policies that those politicians are crafting at the moment. >> violent clashes between police and protesters in athens, for example, have become a fixture of the greek demonstrations. riot squads fired tear gas after protesters threw petrol bombs. one protester is reported to have died of a heart attack during today's confrontations. >> tens of thousands took to the streets of athens for the latest demonstration against government cuts. they say the austerity drive is crippling their country. >> we have to solve all these problems. there is unemployment. wages are being cut. those that still exist are badly paid. there's no education system for our children. there is no health system. >> what there is is a rising sense of public anger, exasperation and despair, which soon boiled over into clashes

with police. the strike brought much of greece to a standstill. athens' public transport system was virtually shut down. shops remained closed, and so did the famous tourist sites, including the acropolis in athens. the strike took some visitors by surprise. >> i am disappointed because i came from brazil to visit, and now it is not open. >> demonstrators were protesting the next planned round of cuts, which include further lowering of tensions and spending on health as well as a reduction of the minimum-wage. >> before heading to brussels, chancellor merkel address parliament here in berlin, seeking to slow down the french push we will be talking about to create a single european banking supervisory body. >> the address was sort of a campaign speech. she reiterated her political

views ahead of germany's national elections next year. >> merkel's speech was not only a warm-up for the eu's summit. it was also the first time she faced off directly in bundestag the bid against ste -- debate against peer steinbrueck, her main rival in next year's elections. >> we know we have freedom in europe. we have democracy. people are free to demonstrate against one leader or another without fear of being imprisoned. that is what unifies us. that is why we are in this. >> both candidates are making europe a central campaign issue. >> germany's future is in europe, and we are going to have to invest in the future, just as we invested in german reunification, and it is your duty to tell that to the people

of this country, madam chancellor. >> looking at greece, germany will have to take on additional commitments in concert with other european states. tell it finally to the people. >> the chancellor was accused of allowing members of her coalition to fully agrees -- bully greece. >> looks like the campaign is indeed under way. we have elections less than a year away now here in germany. how far apart are angela merkel and peer steinbrueck when it comes to the eurozone debt crisis? >> in truth, they are not very far apart. both candidates in next year's general election said today they want agrees to stay in the euro -- they want greece to stay in

the euro. social democrats have generally supported chancellor merkel's course during the crisis, but this was the first chance for steinbrueck, since he was named as the candidate to replace chancellor merkel next year, to really attack her in parliament, and he did that, saying she concentrated too much on the idea of profligate spending by governments, that her analysis had been to one-sided, and as a result, she had left germany isolated and in some quarters despise -- that her analysis had been too one-sided. chancellor merkel says austerities the answer to dealing with this crisis. >> she has been going to battle, for example, for germany's popular savings and loans, those small banks in various german states and regions. why is that? >> the government does not want all of these state-supported

local savings banks to be included under the proposed european banking supervisor, at least not immediately. the talk today was about getting a system that is effective. in this process, they say quality is more important than speed. many of these local banks, of course, provide the funding that fuels germany's small businesses, so any changes to the rules could affect the way they do business and could be very unpopular. >> thanks very much for the insights. germany's second-biggest airline has announced another cost- cutting program. air berlin has been operating at a loss since 2008. >> the carrier says its current effort has been running as expected but will not suffice to meet its goal of returning to profit by next year. the airline blamed the sluggish economy, high fuel costs, and

the german airline tax. it is not clear whether the new measures will involve job cuts. >> german carmaker daimler-ben s tightening its belt. van at a german business magazine says the figure was revealed by a source, who responded by calling it pure speculation. the company has seen sales of passenger vehicles fall in europe, and yesterday announced it was cutting production of its flagship s class model. let's get a check on how markets reacted to that news. >> german companies are focused on reducing costs. daimler wants to become more profitable, and air berlin wants to leave some parts behind. traders hope to get -- hope to get at least some positive

signals. spain could profit. the german dax could climb for the fourth day this week, and it is coming closer to its year high. >> we stay in frankfurt where germany's blue-chip dax got a bump on the day, about 0.5% higher there. as for the euro stoxx 50, it also got a fractional bump. trading still under way for the dow jones industrial average, and it is in negative territory. the euro trading for $1.3064, although still above that $1.30 level. >> china's economy grew by 7.4% in the last quarter. that's 0.1% below the target set by the communist party for the year. china is being hurt by a drop in demand from the eurozone and the

u.s. >> i don't know about you, but it seems like everyone has one these days -- smartphones. they are changing the way we interact with the world around us. >> images taken by ordinary citizens brought us right to the action in egypt's tahrir square. >> a new exhibition is looking at how that is having an impact on how we perceive the world. it is called "cairo: open city." >> whether they are protesting or in peaceful resistance, and it shows the mood the egyptian people share. taken by photojournalist and emmitt -- amateurs, the images bear witness against the official narrative's. a work of street art encapsulates the message. >> it is the slogan for everyone who takes pictures, makes films,

and publicizes these pictures. it is an alternative to end protests against state reporting, which portrayed the events differently. >> activist jonathan rashad shares his photos through social network flickr. his theme is the war of images and who controls who. we asked what he thinks still remains of a revolution that began so hopefully. >> all i can say is that every dictator falls. if he proves he is a dictator, he will fall, and he will fall sooner than any other. >> the younger generation does not fear the apparatus of power. after images of a young woman being brutally beaten with a viral, she became a symbol of existence. the exhibition makes clear that whatever it does, egypt's new government must expect that the people will be watching back.

>> coming up, we will be going to oslo where peace efforts are under way between the colombian government and farc rebels. >> that and more after the break. >> stay with us.

the "journal the colombian government -- >>bian government and leftist farc rebels have agreed to meet to start what are likely to be very thorny peace talks. >> the talks now under way in norway are the latest in a long history of attempts to resolve the war which has left tens of thousands dead and millions more displaced. >> at this hotel north of oslo, representatives of the farc and colombia's government appeared together for the first time in 10 years. the talks themselves are being held in a secret location.

the two sides appear to be making progress. >> we will probably not convince each other about our different political ideas. we know that the farc have a vision of the world and politics, and we do not want to come in teaching anybody lessons. this is about agreeing to an agenda to put an end to the conflict. >> the farc rebels also came with an open mind. they said they were not the terrorists they are painted to be, but they said that peace could only be achieved if the government takes steps. >> a solution to the political, economic, and social problems that caused the conflict is something that could bring about peace in colombia. we need to have a solid foundation for our living together. >> both sides agree to keep on talking and to stop the fast, substantive round of peace talks next month in havana, cuba.

>> in other news, micro blogging site twitter has blocked an account held by a neo-nazi group in germany in an unprecedented move. >> the company said it had closed down the side after being asked to do so by the german police. this is the first time twitter has used a new function allowing it to block content in certain countries if asked to do so by the government. the account is still available in other countries. a bangladeshi man is being held without bail in new york after his arrest for allegedly plotting to blow up the federal reserve bank. >> fbi agents are accusing the 21-year-old student of trying to detonate what he thought was a car bomb he parked outside the federal reserve. >> but the whole operation was actually a sting. the man he conspired with were informants, and there was no bomb at all -- not a real one, anyway. >> the federal reserve building in new york -- it was here that

the men allegedly planned to set off a car bomb. what he did not know was that the fbi had been watching him since he entered the country. >> he came here in january of this year. he gets a student visa under the pretext of being a student in a college in missouri. he comes here with, again, the avowed purpose of committing some sort of jihad here in the united states. >> he was given the explosive device by a man he thought was an accomplice, but his helper turned out to be an fbi informant and the explosives fake. he could now be facing life in prison for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and providing material help 4 al qaeda -- for al qaeda. >> an exhibition causing plushes

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